clowns / skimmer /

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aprilheartcarl

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hello agin went to the metting last nite learnd a lot thanks . ok now we got some questins for youll . we got a think a do hickey for are clown fish cant spell what ever it is the thing that the clown fish like to rube up in to but Spot wont go near it just bought it for him to use . ok and our clown fish not to big lady we got the tank from said she had him for over a year hes like a inch long mabey . all so april want to get a nother clown to be named late probly frisky / but she said she read some were that thay wont start growing to we get a nother one in ther so thay can chouse wich one going to be a male or female that right or she just trying to make me buy a nother one ? and thanks agin for the coals got last nite ther doing fine are frist ones yaaa . and was reading that reay dont need to buy a scimmer just do a lot of water changes ? can build a sump cus are boy is all most 3 and hes one of the ones you see running around all over the places and wont listen [ hold on sounds like my wife go figer ] well any info be nices [smilie=rofl.gif]
 
Clowns will stay in an adolescent stage till it turns male or female I have read. Usually the stronger one will turn female and the other will turn male and the others will be in a holding pattern till one of them pass away. They do live quite a long time as mine are 5 years old and some people have said they have had theirs for over 12 years. Then the male will turn female and the next in line will become the male. Hope that makes since to you. Not saying we can keep 5 in our tanks as they will get very dominate and when they do lay eggs they get really aggressive around the clutch. They will run my yellow tang off, which is about 4 times the size of them, once they are caring for the eggs.

As far as a skimmer you can get by without one but it help a whole lot in the water and help you keep a good quality water in your tank. People do it but they are always doing a lot of water changes and it also will depend on the size of the tank and the bio load you are keeping in it.

Hope this info helps and if you have more question feel free to ask.
 
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